Eccentric banana exhibition at Bruton Museum splits from the norm

It’s a museum attraction that peels away from the traditional image of stuffy institutions.

Does this a-peel? Elisabeth Balfour and Douglas Learmond with the collection (Picture: SWNS)

The humble banana is the centrepiece of a exhibition that features more than 100 artefacts directly related to the snack-time favourite.

The collection was amassed by the late journalist Michael Balfour, who spent 30 years collecting banana-related objects after watching a woman peeling one in public and furtively look around before eating it.

His relatives, including widow Elisabeth Balfour and daughter Calandra, agreed to lend the collection to Bruton Museum after his death last year following a long battle with prostate cancer.